Legal Opinion

Mayfield v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 5, 1930No. 12983PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for murder; punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

There are two counts in the indictment in this case. Count No. 1 charges that appellant killed Ruby Osborn in a manner and by the use of means to the grand jurors unknown; count No. 2 charges that he committed an assault upon Ruby Osborn, and thereby put her in a position of peril, and in such fear, of her life and bodily safety as that she, to escape from such peril, and being under the influence of such fear so produced by such assault, jumped from a rapidly moving automobile and was thrown violently against…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Paschal v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
  2. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1916

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Johnson v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1943
  2. Stephen Clark Webb v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2015

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